SharePoint Online Versioning
1 Topicversioning fails when copying
I apologize if this is answered elsewhere but I couldn't find it. So we have multiple libraries of which 1 is 'controlled' and has versioning turned on. I am trying to use the versioning to maintain released file history. When I have a file in the controlled library that I want to update I can download it, work on it and when ready to 'release' it I check it out from the library, upload the new version (overwrite the existing with the new version), and check it back in. That seems to work and I can add in the comment field the new Rev #/letter and such. But if I have the updated file in a different sharepoint library (a working library) and I copy it to the controlled library, it again prompts if I want to overwrite, but in that case I lose the prior history of the controlled file (it is completely wiped out and only the new copy exists). I know that 'copying' a file only copies the most current version of that file, but I'm not sure why the 2 different methods of 'over-writing' a new version of a controlled file should act so differently. I know that the 'proper' method is to check out and replace the contents of the file and check in, but that doesn't work so well with pdf files and such. ALSO, but similar, when I upload to the controlled library the file new or changed file is checked out and must be checked in (which is good so I can add the Rev info and such), but when I copy from another library to the controlled library the new (or overwritten) file is NOT checked out and hence I do not have an opportunity to make a comment on the check in process. Am I missing something, or is this how it is supposed to work?Solved11KViews1like14Comments
